Agency says milk supply is safe, but acknowledges a lack of testing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not sure whether any intact highly pathogenic avian influenza is present in milk sold in grocery stores, an FDA official told a conference on April 25.
“Does any live virus survive the pasteurization process? … This is the key question for us,” Donald Prater, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
FDA officials announced earlier this week that testing on milk from grocery stores tested positive for the avian influenza, commonly known as the bird flu.